Liam Conner
President Biden warned Thursday of the current threat to democracy in Europe and beyond as he commemorated 80 years since the American-led invasion of Nazi-occupied France on D-Day, saying in Normandy that “the struggle between a dictatorship and freedom is endless” while promising that “we will not abandon” Ukraine.
“The price of unbridled tyranny is the blood of the young and the brave,” Biden said. “In your generation, in the hour of trial, the D-Day Allied forces fulfilled their duty. Now the question for us is: in the hour of trial, will we fulfill ours.”
Speaking of a ceremony to celebrate the 80th anniversary Following the invasion of Nazi-occupied France by U.S.-led Allied forces on D-Day, the president drew a parallel between the alliance of eight decades ago and the NATO alliance of today, saying D-Day was “a powerful illustration” of how alliances “make us stronger,” and noting that it’s a lesson “I pray we Americans never forget.”
“Isolationism was not the answer 80 years ago and it is not the answer today,” Biden said.
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During the speech, where he paid tribute to living veterans and those who lost their lives during World War II, the president warned that the “dark forces” that were present 80 years ago “never go away,” linking the lessons of history to ongoing threats placed today as Ukraine battles the Russian-led invasion. “Here in Europe we see a clear example: Ukraine was invaded by a tyrant determined to dominate,” Biden said. “The Ukrainians are fighting with extraordinary courage, suffering great losses, but never retreating.”
But the president made clear the support of the US and its allies for Ukraine, saying that “the United States and NATO and a coalition of more than 50 countries stand strong with Ukraine.”
“We will not go away,” he added. “Because if we do, Ukraine will be subjugated and it won’t end there. Ukraine’s neighbors will be threatened, all of Europe will be threatened.”
Biden said that “surrendering to bullies, bowing to dictators is simply unthinkable,” adding that “if we did that, it would mean we would be forgetting what happened here on these hallowed shores. , We will not forget.”
The D-Day operation, which marked the Western Allies’ most significant victory in the war, took place on June 6, 1944, when five naval assault divisions were sent to the beaches of Normany, France.
“We cannot allow what happened here to be lost in the silence of the coming years,” Biden said. “We must remember that the fact that they were heroes here that day does not exempt us from what we have to do today. Democracy is never guaranteed – each generation must preserve it, defend it and fight for it. .”
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